Starting school—why girls are already ahead of boys

Teacher Development

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 249-270

  Whitehead, Joan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009571007     PISSN: 13664530     EISSN: 17475120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13664530600773341     Document Type: Article

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